Tag Archives: Simon Nicol

Dave Whetstone Calls On FAIRPORT Camp On Fresh Platter

April 5, 2026

He didn’t only play with such FAIRPORT CONVENTION offshoots as THE ALBION BAND and WAZ! and the band members’ solo projects – Dave Whetstone composed several songs for the mothership per se, songs that landed on and a few other … Continue reading →

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FAIRPORT CONVENTION – Gladys’ Leap

September 25, 2025

Woodworm 1985 / Talking Elephant 2025 The unlikely, if surefire, return of rustic revelers to the recording fray and friendly forays into the past and the future. When a Gloucestershire postwoman named Gladys would jump over a three-feet-wide brook on … Continue reading →

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SIMON NICOL & RIC SANDERS – Greetings From Grolloo

October 12, 2024

RadZ 2024 The thinner the stock the wider the scope: two folk-rock stalwarts expand the unexpecting punters’ horizons. When Fairporters split from their motherlode, it’s usually with the prospect of creating something special of rather large proportions, yet for every … Continue reading →

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Massive Box Set Explores FAIRPORT CONVENTION’s ’80s

May 20, 2024

If FAIRPORT CONVENTION were the foremost folk-rock ensemble in England in the ’70s, the next decade found them at a loss, August 4th, 1979 marking the band’s farewell performance – staged at the village of Cropredy where they promised to … Continue reading →

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FAIRPORT CONVENTION Take Full “Full House” To The Stage

February 18, 2023

Even if it wasn’t so strong, with classics such as “Dirty Linen” and “Sloth” among its tracks, 1970’s “Full House” would stand out in FAIRPORT CONVENTION‘s canon, because this platter was their first to not feature female lead – as … Continue reading →

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